Suply chain panel
Northrop Grumman’s Frank DeMauro (third from right) discusses how the pandemic has affected the supply chain during a panel of satellite manufacturers at Satellite 2021 Sept. 8. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The pandemic and resulting supply chain issues have forced satellite manufacturers to adopt new approaches, some of which they plan to maintain in a post-pandemic world.

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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science...